Houses
Up until 1992 the school was organized under a clearly defined house system, as in most public schools. In the same year two of the previous houses were removed and the school was re-organized into year groups in lieu of the traditional house structure that had existed. School House, the college’s boarding house since 1917 and Howards were removed and Brooks, Butlers, Howsons and Selwyns remained.
The Six Houses that existed until 1992:
| House | Symbol | Motto | Named After | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brook's | Stag | Aeternum Progredior | Rt. Rev. Richard Brook, Bishop of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich | |
| Butlers | Grypphon | Prensum Elevo | Rev. George Butler, Canon of Winchester | |
| Howard's | Horse | Contemnit Pavorem | Canon Howard | |
| Howsons | Lion | Nulla Vestigia Retrorsum | Very Rev. John Saul Howson, Dean of Chester | |
| School House | Dragon | Stet Fortuna Domus | - | |
| Selwyns | Porcupine | Toujours Prest | Rev. E.C. Selwyn | |
In 2009, the College returned to its old House System. The four remaining houses came back into action and gave the school a new lease of life. Each house now has their own large house room in which Lerpoolians can socialize, study and leave their belongings. House activities have once again become a daily occurrence and pupils are registered in house groups meaning that the year system brought about in 1992 has almost vanished.
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Famous quotes containing the word houses:
“Safe upon the solid rock the ugly houses stand:
Come and see my shining palaces built upon the sand.”
—Edna St. Vincent Millay (1892–1950)
“Trust him to have his bitter politics
Against his unacquaintances the rich
Who sleep in houses of their own, though mortgaged.
Conservatives, they don’t know what to save.”
—Robert Frost (1874–1963)
“A new disease? I know not, new or old,
But it may well be called poor mortals’ plague:
For, like a pestilence, it doth infect
The houses of the brain ...
Till not a thought, or motion, in the mind,
Be free from the black poison of suspect.”
—Ben Jonson (c. 1572–1637)